I have one card of Jeff Banister, from 1992 Topps Debut.
Playing career: Jeff Banister played in one game for the
Pirates in 1991 and got an infield single in his only major league at-bat.
Where he is now: He has spent his entire career in the
Pirates organization, and is now the team’s bench coach. Here is an interesting
interview about how he prepares to manage in case manager Clint Hurdle is
ejected.
Interesting facts: Banister had to overcome an unusual
amount of adversity just to make it to professional baseball. In his junior
year of high school he was diagnosed with bone cancer and almost lost his right
leg, which was saved only after seven operations. In college he broke his neck
in a collision at home plate, and was paralyzed for ten days, and needed to
re-learn how to walk. After recovering from these, his father, grandfather and
doctor all died within a three-week stretch.
My memories: Only know him from his card.
Google Autocomplete results: He is tenth when you type Jeff
Ban, after Jeff Bandar, a chemistry graduate student at Columbia University. Another
prominent Jeff Banister is an Assistant Research Social Scientist at the
University of Arizona.
Coming up next: The next profile will be Scott Bankhead.
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